The Islamist-dominated upper house will now send the text to the Supreme Constitutional Court to check the legality of the voting procedures.

The London-based group cited cases of Ukrainians who it said had been beaten and given electric shocks by police.

James Clapper warned that the Arab Spring revolt has produced a spike in threats, and that Iran continues to present a danger.

The vote makes Uruguay the 3rd country in the Americas to eliminate laws making marriage, adoption and other family rights exclusive to heterosexuals.

The pic, adapted from Philbrick’s award-winning book, is an account of a whaling ship that was stalked and destroyed by a sperm whale in 1820.

Daniel Brühl stars in the biopic as Austrian Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda, who was almost killed in a crash in 1976.

Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Flickr and Tumblr also saw similar declines, with only digital pinboard service Pinterest seeing growth.

The new bomber is expected to go in production by 2020 and will be built at a new aircraft assembly line at Russia's Kazan plant.

Also to perform at Tashkent-hosted championships are Sona Poghosyan, Tatev Manukyan Arevik Mirzakhanyan, and Hripsime Poghosyan.

"He recognized his faults, apologized and gave explanations," Sammy Ghoslan, the consistory's vice-president, said.